Taxonomic Information
Acantholipes Lederer, 1857 known from India and Nepal.
Acantholipes circumdata (Walker, 1858). India (Maharashtra).
Acantholipes hypenoides Moore, 1881. India: West Bengal (Darjeeling), Meghalaya (Khasi Hills), Arunachal Pradesh.
Acantholipes regularis (Hübner, [1813]). Nepal.
Acantholipes trajecta (Walker, 1865). India; Sri Lanka.
Photo Gallery and Species Biology
Acantholipes hypenoides -
| State | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | No date |
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| Arunachal Pradesh | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
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| Sikkim | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
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| West Bengal | |||||||||||||
| Total | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
- Acantholipes hypenoides Moore, 1881. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1881: 372 (TL: West Bengal, Darjeeling). Text at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/96698#page/474/mode/1up
- Hampson, G. F. 1894. The Fauna of British India including Ceylon and Burma. Moths, Vol. 2. Taylor & Francis, London. Arctiidae, Agrostidae, Noctuidae 609 p - 325 figs.pg. 521. Text at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/120195#page/549/mode/1up
- Rivula magniplaga Swinhoe, 1905. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (7) 16: 622. (Syntypes: India, Meghalaya, Khasis). Text at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/63348#page/662/mode/1up
- Kononenko, V. S. & A. Pinratana. 2013. Moths of Thailand, Volume 3: Noctuoidea Part 2: Addendum to Vol. 3, Part 1, Families Erebidae, Nolidae, Euteliidae, Noctuidae and Checklist. Brothers of St. Gabriel in Thailand, Bangkok. 625 pp. + 55 pls. Pl. 12/46-47.
- https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/1290737-Acantholipes-hypenoides
Page citation
Anonymous 2025. Acantholipes hypenoides Moore, 1881 – . In Sondhi, S., R.P. Singh, G. Iyer, J. D'silva and K. Kunte (Chief Editors). Butterflies of India, v. 4.11. Published by the Indian Foundation for Butterflies. URL: https://www.mothsofindia.org/index.php/Acantholipes-hypenoides, accessed 2025/11/06.